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Summary: Great Movie
Review: This movie was directed, acted, and presented very well. I originally bought it because I am a fan of Natalie, but it turned out to be an excellent movie regardless.
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Summary: Dumb Guys but Sweet
Review: Ted Demme has offered us a sweet reunion of small town, New Englander, twenty-somethings. There is some Big Chill here 1990's style, but for the most part, the guys that stayed home and married or almost married are blue-collar, beer drinking, and chick panting types. High school big man, Matt Dillon is still respected for his womanizing skills. Tim Hutton has a girl back in New York City, but his musical career is getting old and his thirteen-year-old neighbor girl attracts. The relationship between a young man and an adolescent could have been really creepy, but there's some deft writing and directing, so we enjoy this impossibility for a few hours. Uma Thurman vamps as the perfect chick. Each of the single guys gives her a rush, but she's just out of reach as any apparition. My wife really liked this one. Maybe there's more appeal to chicks in this flick because Rosie O'Donnell in a minor part sure makes a mockery of men and their desires.
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Summary: LOTS TO LIKE
Review: I saw this film once before but, unawares, rented it again and, even though I realized I had seen the movie previously after it started, I enjoyed even more the second time. This is quality movie-making: good production values, a good script, good acting. I even ordered a Neil Diamond album after watching the "impromtu" singing of Sweet Caroline in a fun bar scene. Ensemble acting at its best, we have Rose O'Donnell, Uma Thurman and Matt Dillon featured along witn talented others. Timothy Hutton is perhaps the most interesting character in the film as a lost soul and his 30-something character's "romance" with thirteen-year-old Marty played by Natalie Portman is truly remarkable. I don't know what federal laws I was breaking but I was in love with Marty and I secretly hoped that Hutton's character returned to get her when she turned eighteen. What an amazing adult woman in a thirteen-year-old's body! They had a fascinating and strange relationship. Uma Thurman is good as the unavailable spirit who visits and then disappears. Her line about looking for a man who can say (and supposedly mean) just four words ("Good night, sweet girl") was memorable. Rosie O'Donnell's rant about men and their attraction for the false and superficial beauty of media images of women was hilarious and almost show-stopping. Lots to like here.
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Summary: Watch this movie iver and over
Review: This is one of my all time fav movies. Everytime it is on TV, I tune in. On those long Sundays, I pop the DVD in.
What amazes me is that I always thought of this movie as a "Chick Flick". Yet, most of the reviews I have seen are from men who really enjoyed this movie. This is a movie that both sexes can watch and relate to.
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Summary: The real America
Review: I saw this once back when it first came out around 1996. Recently, I watched it again. Sometimes when you watch a movie a second time, you're disappointed. I wasn't at all. If anything, I was depressed after it was over because I had to stop watching.
This movie is "superb," to quote one of the characters who overuses the word. It explores the woman problems of a group of friends who grew up together in a small town and, in doing so, makes some interesting observations about why it's so difficult for some people to feel completely satisfied with a relationship.
It's one of a small number of films that give you a glimpse of authentic contemporary America -- something you're not going to get from most Hollywood films.
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Summary: Watch this movie.
Review: This is my favorite movie of all time, hands down. The more you watch it the more layers you realize the film has. Michael Rappaport's model-obsessed character is great (his dog is named Elle MacPherson). Natalie Portman is fabulous as the 13 year old neighbor. If you are from a small town but moved away and have gone back to visit your HS friends that still live there you will appreciate this film. The title refers to the fact that all the girls in the film are beautiful (except maybe Darian, who is physically beautiful but an [...]) but most of the guys don't realize it until it's too late. I cannot recommend this movie enough!
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Summary: Beautiful, Beautiful Girls...
Review: I saw this movie on video years ago (I could have sworn the version I saw started off with Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" and ended with Bob Dylan's cover of the same song, but I guess I was mistaken). A bittersweet look at male/female relationships. Yes, Natalie Portman's character adds a certain sadness and sweetness to the story. When Willie tells her that he doesn't want to be her "Pooh," he shows great wisdom. A very enjoyable film.
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Summary: Dumb Guys but Sweet
Review: Ted Demme has offered us a sweet reunion of small town, New Englander, twenty-somethings. There is some Big Chill here 1990's style, but for the most part, the guys that stayed home and married or almost married are blue-collar, beer drinking, and chick panting types. High school big man, Matt Dillon is still respected for his womanizing skills. Tim Hutton has a girl back in New York City, but his musical career is getting old and his thirteen-year-old neighbor girl attracts. The relationship between a young man and an adolescent could have been really creepy, but there's some deft writing and directing, so we enjoy this impossibility for a few hours. Uma Thurman vamps as the perfect chick. Each of the single guys gives her a rush, but she's just out of reach as any apparition. My wife really liked this one. Maybe there's more appeal to chicks in this flick because Rosie O'Donnell in a minor part sure makes a mockery of men and their desires.
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Summary: Wonderful and Overlooked
Review: Humphrey Bogart would say the Beautiful Girls in this film are the "stuff dreams are made of." They stand for the idealized version of women that men seek and never find, the constant promise of a better woman just around the corner that keeps men from being able to commit to the real women in their lives.The principle men with that "beautiful girls" hang-up are Willie (Hutton), Birdy (Dillon) and Paul (Rappaport). They hold on to that dream of a better life with a better woman and thus sabotage (consciously or not) all their relationships. Birdy clings to the memories of his high school flame, Paul papers his walls with supermodels and names his dog Elle McPherson, and Willie just wants something beautiful in his life. Although in a relationship with a nice-looking attorney, Willie grudgingly acknowledges she would only score a 7.5 on a 1-10 scale. While not actively looking to replace his "above-average-but-not-great" girlfriend, Willie stumbles into the most charming and memorable sub-plot of the film: his relationship with his thirteen year old neighbor Marty (a totally engaging Natalie Portman). Willie sees in her all the possibilities he dreams about: she is kind, sensitive and dazzles him with her knowledge of psychology and Shakespeare. When she develops a teenage crush on him, Willie must consider the possibility of waiting for this great girl to become an even greater woman. Even though parallels are drawn to the pedophilic exploits of Roman Rolanski and Jerry Lee Lewis, there is nothing creepy or sexual about Willie's feelings for the young girl. The stories play out in a picturesque New England town, deep into a frozen winter. All the guys are re-uniting for their ten-year high school reunion and are forced to deal with the personal revelations accompanying that important moment. Presented with a karaoke bar's dream soundtrack and told with a thoughtful narrative that is poignant and touching without being sappy and sentimental, Beautiful Girls is a wonderful exploration into the love lives of 20-something males.
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Summary: all you need to know to get this movie
Review: Ween AND Morphine are on the soundtrack. Enough said.
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